Display container



Oct. 25, 1938. M. LEWIS ET AL 2,134,636

DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed April 20, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 lnvsN-ronsl Ho us'roN P7. LEW/s AND JAC08 C. BHRNHARDT Oct. 25, 1938. H. M. LEWIS ET AL YDISPLAY CONTAINER Filed April. 20, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mam boos.

Patented Oct. 25, 1938 Houston MQLewis and Jacob C. Earnhardt,

Charlotte, N. C.

*Application April 20, 1926, Serial No. 75,430 2 cl ims. (01. 206-44) "Ihis invention relates to a poke or bag for encasing bulky objects such as cotton batting and the like and more especially, to a telescopic bag shaving the closed end thereof folded upon itself and secured in such a position as to allow the object to beinserted therein, leaving one end exposed to view. It is a well known fact that in wrapping large bundles of bulky material by clerks in a :store that it is almost impossible to obtain a neat job especially :when the article has to :be wrapped hurriedly. Furthermore, an ex- :cessive amount of wrapping paper is required since it is not practical to spend the additional amountof time and care in wrapping .the article '15 in order to economize on the Wrapping. material. It is, therefore, an object of this invention to providea telescopic bag of a predetermined size such asyvill accommodate a standard sizedarticle, with the closed end of said bag folded, upon itself s30 so that an article may be inserted therein in such a mannergso asgto display the end thereof.

It is a'further object of this invention to provide a bag of the class described capable of normally holding an article in position for the display of one end thereof, said bag being so constructed that when it is desired to completely wrap the article that the folded end can be released and the article shifted to a new position within the bag. After this is done the open end may be folded and sealed.

It is evident that by providing a bag of this type that the portions of the article which are not being displayed, will be protected from becoming soiled. Also the wrapping operation will be considerably simplified and a neater and more compact package for containing the article will be provided.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a container for bulky objects such as cotton batting and the like, the open end of said container having opposed sidewalls thereof slit in order to allow the open end of the same to be folded backwardly over the outer sidewalls of the container to properly expose one end of the contents which may be inserted therein.

Some of the objects. of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: n

1 Figure 1 is an isometric, view of a telescopic bag made in accordance with the invention and shown in a collapsed poistion;

Figure 2 is an isometric View of the bag showing a batt of cotton inserted therein;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 2 showing the telescoped end in a partially extended position; a

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the bag showing the batt in anew position where the open end is ready to be folded and sealed; Figure 5 is a side elevation similar to Figure 4 but showing the ends thereof in a closed position;

Figure 6 is a-top plan View of Figure 5;

Figure-7 is a sectional view taken along theline 1-! in Figure 3; 10

Figure 8 is an isometric view of acontainer in a collapsed position showing a modified form of the invention;

shown in Figure 8 but showing the same in an 15 opened position;

Figure 10 is an isometric view of the container showing a ibatt of cotton inserted therein; l Figurell is a View similar .to Figure 10 but showing the rim portion of the bag folded back- .20 wardly over the-outer sidewalls to properly ,display the batting j Figure 12 is an isometric view of a package showing the end thereof closed and sealed.

Referring more specifically to the drawings the 25 numeral l0 denotes a suitable bag or poke having a package of cotton batting ll inserted therein. The bottom end I2 of the bag is normally folded, asshown in Figure 1 and is held in position by any suitable fastening means such as a sticker I3 30 which has suitable adhesive thereon for engaging the bottom of said bag and the side thereof. In order to properly fold the bottom end of the bag it is necessary to bend the lower portion of the bag about the bend-line l4 and double the 5 lower end of the bag upon itself in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2.

When using the bag, it is first opened from the collapsed position shown in Figure 1 and the cotton batting inserted therein so as to occupy the 40 position shown in Figure 2. In this position it 'will be noted that one end of the batting H is flush top with the rim of the bag l0, so as to properly display one end thereof. Normally, the contents II are shipped in this position, after which 45 the bag and contents are placed on a suitable display stand within a store in such a manner so as to make the exposed end thereof Visible.

When the package of material has been sold and it is desired to wrap the same for a customer, 50 the sticker I3 is released or removed and the bottom end of the bag is unfolded to the position shown in Figure 3. The contents II are then shifted to the position shown in Figure 4. The upper portion is folded to a position shown in 55 Figure 6 after which a suitable label I! is placed thereon to properly seal the package.

In wrapping packages of this type for the customer it is very often desirable to conceal the trade-mark after the purchase has been made, as the customer will not want to display the trade-mark or descriptive matter while carrying the package. I Therefore, the trade-mark I8 may be placed on the exterior of the package near the upper edge thereof so that when the package has been wrapped the trade-mark will be folded in with the upper end of the package to a position where it will not be visible when the pack age is taken out by the customer.

Figures 8 to 12 inclusive show a slightly modified form of the invention in which bag 20 has the opposed sidewalls slit as at 2| and 22 after which the batting II is inserted therein to the position shown in Figure 10. The next step is to fold the upper bifurcated portions 23' and 24 backwardly upon the outer sidewalls of the container 20 to the position shown in Figure 11. In this position the contents are shipped and after it arrives at its destination, the package is placed on display with one end thereof exposed to view. Likewise, in this form, one end of the contents are flush with the end of the package. When the package has been sold the portions 23 and 24 are folded to the position shown in Figure 12 after which a suitable sticker 21 is placed on the end thereof to seal the package.

The trade-mark 28 is. placed on one of the portions 23 or 24 so that it will be visible when the article is on display as shown in Figure 11 but will be concealed when the portions are folded to completely wrap the package. The article remains in the same relative position to the bag at all times in this form, thereby making it unnecessary to shift the article to a new position when it is completely wrapped.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. That method of packaging an article which comprises providing a bag longer than the article, creasing the sides of the bag and doubling the lower end onto itself and securing the doubled portion to the exterior of the bag to shorten the bag to a length sufficient to accommodate the article and to display one end of the article approximately flush with the open end of the bag,then.placing the article in the bag, then unfolding the lower end of the bag and moving the article downwardly in the bag and folding the open end of the bag over the article to form a sales wrapper for the article.

2. A package comprising an article of merchandise and a container therefor, said container being of a width sufiicient to snugly receive the article and being of substantially greater length than the article, said container having an open end and a bottom, the bottom of the container having its sides creased inwardly and the bottom end doubled upon itself and secured to the exterior of the container, said article when placed within the container having its outer end flush with the open end of the container and the inner end in engagement with the doubled-over bottom, the container being of sufficient depth so that when the lower. end of the container is unfolded and the article is moved toward the closed end of the container, there will be a sub-- stantial amount of unoccupied space in the open end of the container and thus permitting the open end of the container to be folded over the exposed end of the article.

HOUSTON M. LEWIS. JACOB C. BARNHARDT. 

